Missing Portland

Sometimes I miss Portland so bad it hurts. Yesterday I saw this blog post of a walk in my old neighborhood. You can actually see my old apartment in the last photo. Things like that give me little twinges of homesickness.

But then I realize my family is so close...
and they can stop by for a quick visit every now and then. That always seems to make the homesickness go away.



Portland Photo taken by me November, 2008

A year ago....

I was 37 weeks pregnant and hiking in Washington Park.

I've been doing a lot of thinking lately about the last 12 months and how much has happened.
It's really overwhelming.

I asked Josh the other day where do you think we'll be a year from now. His response was "Here". I sure hope he's right. You never know what the future is going to bring but I'm really happy with the present.

My New Footwear

Yesterday afternoon while Piper was napping and Josh was shoveling the driveway I decided to break my fifth metatarsal.

Both Josh and I thought it was just a sprain, but as my foot swelled, the pain seemed to be in one small spot, and I had a hard time bearing weight on my entire foot we realized it might be a little more serious. We went to urgent care tonight and sure enough I snapped my bone right in half. The doctor wasn't sure how I managed to even walk in the door of the clinic. I have to meet with an orthopedic surgeon tomorrow to find out if I need surgery.

In other news I also get to meet with an oral surgeon tomorrow to find out about getting some oral surgery done. I had some dental problems while pregnant with Piper and have been putting off surgery until I was done nursing. With Piper starting to wean it's become time for me to start taking care of myself.

Talk about a double whammy :/